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Tamar Elias publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tamar Elias sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

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Tamar Elias D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tamar Elias sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Tamar Elias is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, emphasizing several specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work focuses mainly on topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate change and health impacts, air quality and health impacts, radioactivity and radon measurements, geological and geochemical analyses, geochemistry and elemental analysis, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • The cascading origin of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption and implications for future forecasting, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The petrologic and degassing behavior of sulfur and other magmatic volatiles from the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi: melt concentrations, magma storage depths, and magma recycling, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Volatile metal emissions from volcanic degassing and lava-seawater interactions at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Quantifying gas emissions associated with the 2018 rift eruption of Kīlauea Volcano using ground-based DOAS measurements, 2020, Bulletin of Volcanology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tamar Elias include:

  • P. A. Nadeau
  • Christoph Kern
  • Evgenia Ilyinskaya
  • Emily Mason
  • David E. Damby

The primary venues for their work are Communications Earth & Environment, Bulletin of Volcanology, Frontiers in Earth Science, Nature Communications, and Weather and Forecasting. Communications Earth & Environment and Bulletin of Volcanology are the most recurrent outlets, reflecting a focus on volcanology and environmental geosciences.

Best Publications

  • The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano

    C. A. Neal;S. R. Brantley;L. Antolik;J. L. Babb

  • Carbon dioxide emission rate of Kīlauea Volcano: Implications for primary magma and the summit reservoir

    T. M. Gerlach;K. A. McGee;T. Elias;A. J. Sutton

  • Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions

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  • Implications for eruptive processes as indicated by sulfur dioxide emissions from Kı̄lauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 1979–1997

    A.J Sutton;T Elias;T.M Gerlach;J.B Stokes

  • Real-time measurement of volcanic SO 2 emissions: validation of a new UV correlation spectrometer (FLYSPEC)

    Keith A. Horton;Glyn Williams-Jones;Harold Garbeil;Tamar Elias

  • Comparison of COSPEC and two miniature ultraviolet spectrometer systems for SO2 measurements using scattered sunlight

    Tamar Elias;A. Jeff Sutton;Clive Oppenheimer;Keith A. Horton

  • Volcanic air pollution over the Island of Hawai'i: Emissions, dispersal, and composition. Association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in Hawai'i Island school children.

    Elizabeth Tam;Rei Miike;Susan Labrenz;A. Jeffery Sutton

  • Multispectral thermal infrared mapping of sulfur dioxide plumes: A case study from the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

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  • The 2014-2015 Pahoa lava flow crisis at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i; disaster avoided and lessons learned

    Michael P. Poland;Tim R. Orr;James P. Kauahikaua;Steven R. Brantley

  • The cascading origin of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption and implications for future forecasting.

    Matthew R. Patrick;Bruce F. Houghton;Kyle R. Anderson;Michael P. Poland

  • Accurately measuring volcanic plume velocity with multiple UV spectrometers

    Glyn Williams-Jones;Keith A. Horton;Tamar Elias;Harold Garbeil

  • Kīlauea's 5–9 March 2011 Kamoamoa Fissure Eruption and Its Relation to 30+ Years of Activity From Pu‘u ‘Ō ‘ō

    Tim R. Orr;Tim R. Orr;Michael P. Poland;Matthew R. Patrick;Weston A. Thelen

  • Applying UV cameras for SO2 detection to distant or optically thick volcanic plumes

    Christoph Kern;Cynthia Werner;Tamar Elias;A. Jeff Sutton

  • Small Explosion From New Vent at Kilauea's Summit

    David C. Wilson;Tamar Elias;T. Orr;Matthew R. Patrick

  • Sun photometer and lidar measurements of the plume from the Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Pu'u O'o vent: Aerosol flux and SO2 lifetime

    John N. Porter;Keith A. Horton;Peter J. Mouginis-Mark;Barry Lienert

  • Magma storage, transport and degassing during the 2008–10 summit eruption at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

    M Edmonds;I. R Sides;D.A Swanson;C Werner

  • Improving the accuracy of SO2column densities and emission rates obtained from upward-looking UV-spectroscopic measurements of volcanic plumes by taking realistic radiative transfer into account

    Christoph Kern;Tim Deutschmann;Cynthia Werner;A. Jeff Sutton

  • Volcano fixes nitrogen into plant-available forms

    B. Huebert;P. Vitousek;J. Sutton;T. Elias

  • Rates of volcanic CO2 degassing from airborne determinations of SO2 Emission rates and plume CO2/SO2: test study at Pu′u ′O′o Cone, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

    Terrence M. Gerlach;Kenneth A. McGee;A. Jefferson Sutton;Tamar Elias

  • Quantifying gas emissions associated with the 2018 rift eruption of Kīlauea Volcano using ground-based DOAS measurements

    Christoph Kern;Allan H. Lerner;Tamar Elias;Patricia A. Nadeau

  • Observing and Forecasting Vog Dispersion from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

    Steven Businger;Roy Huff;Andre Pattantyus;Keith Horton

  • Carbon dioxide of Pu`u`O`o volcanic plume at Kilauea retrieved by AVIRIS hyperspectral data

    Claudia Spinetti;Véronique Carrère;M. Fabrizia Buongiorno;A. Jefferson Sutton

  • Volatile metal emissions from volcanic degassing and lava-seawater interactions at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

    Emily Mason;Penny E. Wieser;Emma J. Liu;Marie Edmonds

  • An automated SO 2 camera system for continuous, real-time monitoring of gas emissions from Kīlauea Volcano's summit Overlook Crater

    Christoph Kern;Jeff Sutton;Tamar Elias;Lopaka Lee

  • Measuring SO2 Emission Rates at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii, Using an Array of Upward-Looking UV Spectrometers, 2014–2017

    Tamar Elias;Christoph Kern;Keith A. Horton;Andrew J. Sutton

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations in SO2 and PM2.5 Levels Around Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i During 2007–2018

    Rachel C. W. Whitty;Evgenia Ilyinskaya;Emily Mason;Penny E. Wieser

  • Rapid metal pollutant deposition from the volcanic plume of Kīlauea, Hawai’i

    Evgenia Ilyinskaya;Emily Mason;Penny E. Wieser;Lacey Holland

  • Volcanic air pollution hazards in Hawaii

    Tamar Elias;A. Jeff Sutton

  • Volcanic air pollution - a hazard in Hawai'i

    Jeff Sutton;Tamar Elias;James W. Hendley;Peter H. Stauffer

  • Volcano fixes nitrogen into plant-available forms

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Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Marie Edmonds
Marie Edmonds University of Cambridge
Tamsin A. Mather
Tamsin A. Mather University of Oxford
Matthew R. Patrick
Matthew R. Patrick United States Geological Survey
Michael P. Poland
Michael P. Poland United States Geological Survey
Donald A. Swanson
Donald A. Swanson United States Geological Survey
Terrence M. Gerlach
Terrence M. Gerlach United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Mouginis-Mark
Peter J. Mouginis-Mark University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul J. Wallace
Paul J. Wallace University of Oregon
Andrew J. S. McGonigle
Andrew J. S. McGonigle University of Sheffield

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